REPUBLIC OF GHANA GOVERNMENT OF GHANA MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT MAMPONG MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN UNDER THE GHANA SHARED GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AGENDA II (2014 – 2017) PREPARED BY: MAMPONG MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................................ ix LIST OF ACRONYMS .......................................................................................................................... ix EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................. xiii BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................................. xiii METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................................ 15 CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................................................... 16 PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND MUNICIPAL PROFILE ................................................................. 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 1 VISION OF THE ASSEMBLY ........................................................................................................... 1 MISSION STATEMENT .................................................................................................................... 1 FUNCTIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY ........................................................................... 2 1.1.1 GOAL AND OBJECTIVES OF THE 2010-2013 MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN (GSGDA 1) ........................................................................................................................... 2 1.1.2 OBJECTIVES TO ACHIEVE THE OVERALL GOAL ........................................................ 2 1.1.2 PERFORMANCE REVIEW PROCESS ................................................................................ 4 1.1.3 STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2010 – 2013 MEDIUM-TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN (GSGDA I) ............................................................................................. 5 The BAC trained 140 small scale business operators under the SME activities /w .......................... 17 1.1.3 PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE OF THE MAMPONG MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY FROM 2010-2013 ............................................................................ 27 1.1.4 IGF Performance for 2010-2013 ............................................................................................... 28 1.1.7 REASONS FOR PARTIAL AND NON-ACHIEVEMENT OF PROGRAMMES/PROJECTS IMPLEMENTATION DURING THE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION STAGE (2010-2013) ............................................................................... 30 1.1.8 Lessons Learnt Which Have Implications for The (2014-2017) (MTDP. ............................ 31 1.1.9 REVIEW OF OTHER INTERVENTIONS ..................................................................... 31 MUNICIPAL PROFILE ........................................................................................................................ 33 1.2 PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ................................................................ 33 1.2.1 Location and Size ............................................................................................................ 33 1.2.2 Climate .................................................................................................................................. 35 1.2.3 Vegetation ............................................................................................................................. 35 1.2.4 Conditions of the Natural Environment .............................................................................. 36 1.2.5 Forest Reserve ....................................................................................................................... 36 1.2.6 Conditions of the Built Environment .................................................................................... 37 i 1.2.7 Housing Conditions .............................................................................................................. 37 1.2.8 Relief and Drainage .............................................................................................................. 37 1.2.9 Soil and Agricultural Land Use ............................................................................................ 38 1.2.10 Impact of Human Activities ................................................................................................ 39 1.2.11 Disasters .............................................................................................................................. 40 1.2.12 Aesthetic features and land management ............................................................................ 40 1.2.13 Geology and Minerals ......................................................................................................... 41 1.2.14 Implication of the Physical and Natural Environment for Development ........................... 41 1.3 CULTURE ................................................................................................................................... 42 1.3.1 Traditional Set-Up ................................................................................................................ 42 1.3.2 Ethnic Diversity .................................................................................................................... 42 1.3.3 Festivals ................................................................................................................................ 43 1.3.4 Ethnicity/Chieftaincy Conflicts ............................................................................................ 43 1.3.5 Religious Composition.......................................................................................................... 43 1.4 DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS ................................................................................... 44 1.4.1 Population Size and Growth Rate ......................................................................................... 44 1.4.2 Spatial Distribution of Population ........................................................................................ 45 1.4.3 Household Sizes/Characteristics ........................................................................................... 45 1.4.4 Age and Sex Composition .................................................................................................... 46 1.4.5 Implications of the Municipal Age-Sex Composition and Development ............................. 46 1.4.6 Labour force of the municipality .......................................................................................... 47 1.4.7 Migration Trend .................................................................................................................... 47 1.4.8 Rural - Urban Split ................................................................................................................ 47 1.5 SPATIAL ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................ 48 1.5.1 Settlement system and linkages ............................................................................................ 48 1.5.1 SCALOGRAM ANALYSIS ................................................................................................. 48 1.5.1 Settlement Hierarchy and Scalogram Analysis..................................................................... 51 1.5.2 Scalogram and Weighted Centrality Indices Analysis.......................................................... 51 1.6 SOCIAL SERVICES ................................................................................................................... 52 1.6.1 Education .............................................................................................................................. 52 1.6.2 Health .................................................................................................................................... 55 1.6.3 Malaria Control: .................................................................................................................... 58 1.6.4 Water and Sanitation ............................................................................................................. 60 1.6.5 Environmental Sanitation...................................................................................................... 63 ii 1.6.6 Electricity, Post and Telecommunication, Financial, and Market Services. ........................ 63 1.6.7 Tourism and Media ............................................................................................................... 64 1.6.8 Physical Accessibility to Facilities ....................................................................................... 65 1.7 PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY TO HEALTH CARE ................................................................ 65 1.8. PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY TO AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES ................. 66 1.9. AGGREGATE ACCESSIBILITY.............................................................................................. 66 1.10 SUMMARY